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Sat, Feb 25, 2023·Prudential Center, Newark

Philadelphia Flyers 0, New Jersey Devils 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 83% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0110507023
NJD06316414736

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P2 2:59NJDJonas SiegenthalerGWGAssists: Miles Wood · Slap, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:35NJDJack HughesAssists: Jonas Siegenthaler · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:00NJDDawson MercerAssists: Nico Hischier · Slap, 0.32 xG0–3
  4. P3 4:05NJDNico HischierAssists: John Marino, Ryan Graves · Snap, 0.05 xG0–4
  5. P3 5:16NJDDougie HamiltonAssists: Jonas Siegenthaler, Michael McLeod · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–5
  6. P3 13:49NJDJesper BrattAssists: Jack Hughes, Yegor Sharangovich · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–6
  7. P3 16:00NJDNathan BastianAssists: Kevin Bahl, Tomas Tatar · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–7
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:04NJDJohn Marino: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:33NJDDamon Severson: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:45NJDMichael McLeod: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 10:45PHINick Seeler: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 15:00PHIMorgan Frost: High sticking2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
49% to win51% to win
← PHI attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Frost won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINJD
23Shots on goal36
2.1Expected goals4.2
54Shot attempts63
26Faceoffs won33
2Power plays1
7Penalty minutes9
17Hits10
11Blocked shots14
10Giveaways12
4Takeaways4

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestTippett – Farabee – Desnoyers4:16

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Laughton – Frost – Lycksell2:41

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  3. Deslauriers – Brown – Bellows7:44

    xG 0.11–0.26 (30%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  4. Laughton – Lycksell – Desnoyers6:06

    xG 0.31–0.50 (38%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Braun – Seeler11:01

    xG 0.38–0.50 (44%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  2. Ristolainen – Sanheim15:19

    xG 0.67–0.82 (45%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  3. DeAngelo – Provorov17:16

    xG 0.38–1.58 (19%)attempts 9–25goals 0–2

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestTatar – Hischier – Mercer12:02

    xG 1.34–0.31 (81%)attempts 14–9goals 2–0

  2. Wood – Bastian – McLeod10:06

    xG 0.50–0.10 (84%)attempts 16–5goals 2–0

  3. Bratt – Sharangovich – Hughes11:50

    xG 1.09–1.06 (51%)attempts 14–18goals 2–0

  4. Haula – Palat – Boqvist9:40

    xG 0.11–0.12 (48%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeverson – Bahl15:34

    xG 1.67–0.48 (78%)attempts 19–12goals 2–0

  2. Graves – Marino15:59

    xG 0.73–0.26 (74%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  3. Hamilton – Siegenthaler16:46

    xG 1.27–1.11 (53%)attempts 23–22goals 3–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

NJD 4.2 xGPHI 2.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 7/100 · #1266 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 83% of the time.

NJD winsPHI wins

Simulated goal difference (NJD − PHI), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).